Nasoya Nutri-Score E NOVA 3

Garlic Sesame

Garlic Sesame: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Garlic Sesame by Nasoya has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

Condiments / Sauces / Salad dressings

How This Score Is Built

Garlic Sesame draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Garlic Sesame sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

WATER, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT), APPLE VINEGAR, CORN SYRUP, CORN OIL, VINEGAR, GARLIC, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: ONION, SESAME OIL, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, YEAST EXTRACT, SESAME SEEDS, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUMI, CARAMELIZED SUGAR SYRUP (SUGAR, WATER), RED PEPPER POWDER, BLACK PEPPER

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Garlic Sesame: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Nasoya
Barcode
0025484007697
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Garlic Sesame rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Garlic Sesame's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Garlic Sesame's 4.3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Garlic Sesame's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.